Positives

Excellent cinematography and art work combine to provide a great visual appeal to the movie. The audience marvel at the city of Mahismati which was well conceptualized and well portrayed. Unlike Rajamouli's other movies, Bahubali has a good second half. The battle scenes are well choreographed though they might have been better edited. Ramya Krishna's performance is laudable. Senthil Kumar's cinematography and Sabu Cyril's art direction give life to the movie.

Negatives

Music, especially the background score is the main weakness of this epic movie. A predictable story and not so impressive romance between Tamannah and Prabhas (especially the songs) slow down the pace of the movie in the first half. The script should have been given as much importance as the visual effects.

Bottom Line

Watch it on the biggest scree possible because the film relies entirely on the visual effects. Bahubali takes the audience to an entirely new world but fails to make an lasting impression due to some weak and prolonged scenes in the first half, poor music and inadequate editing. The story is predictable and the screenplay could have been better. Watch it for the sheer magnanimity of the sets and battle scenes which were well captured by Senthil Kumar’s cameras.

4 Comments

Created much hype, but did not live upto the expectations of the audience. Prabhas and Ramya Krishna have done good acting. Overall, it is just an okay film. The ending is good, we have to wait and see how the second part goes.